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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2023GEPD

Magnitude 2.1 5 km WNW of Pecos, Texas

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 4:24:42 PM Central · 2023-03-29 21:24:42 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 5 km WNW of Pecos, Texas on March 29, 2023 at 4:24 PM Central, 0.6 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 47 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.8 km away and operated by Terrain Water Solutions, LLC; together they hold 342,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
0.6
km deep · 2,067 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
47
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
661
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.4449, -103.5463
County area
Ward County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Mar 31, 2023, 2:58 PM2.27.2 km5.5 km
Apr 6, 2023, 8:26 PM2.04.1 km9.0 km
Feb 22, 2023, 8:11 AM2.34.2 km-0.8 km
Dec 31, 2022, 7:23 AM2.38.7 km2.6 km
Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM2.18.2 km0.1 km
Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM2.03.1 km1.9 km
Nov 20, 2022, 10:21 PM2.39.9 km2.5 km
Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM2.12.2 km1.7 km
Aug 26, 2023, 3:05 AM2.03.5 km2.8 km
Oct 7, 2022, 1:09 PM2.32.4 km3.8 km
Sep 23, 2023, 11:36 AM2.76.8 km4.8 km
Sep 18, 2022, 3:36 PM2.38 km1.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

Injection wells within 10 km

RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS

Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Abram SWD #1Terrain Water Solutions, LLC0001211902.8 km20,0004,600–7,600
Reeves -43- #1Reeves County SWD, LLC0000944532.8 km12,0004,339–5,510
Tarpon #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160753.6 km15,0004,500–6,000
Preakness SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059463.7 km40,0004,500–7,500
Central Reeves #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001082664 km40,0004,470–6,860
Sbhes Pecos #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001159154.2 km25,0006,250–7,510
Mendoza SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001086955.7 km25,0004,000–7,000
Sham SWD #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001095625.8 km25,0004,530–7,640
Hollywood SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001163756.1 km20,0004,100–6,390
Viper SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001163766.1 km20,0004,117–6,480
Pecos SWD 4-31 #1CR Field Services, LLC0001043346.3 km20,0004,250–7,400
North Pecos SWD #1M.A.C. Resources Inc.0001085316.9 km30,0004,656–7,234
Broken Hill SWD 4-34 #1VCR Field Services, LLC0001068307.3 km20,0004,200–6,500
Baptist Foundation #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0000485617.6 km10,0005,594–6,100
Goose SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175537.7 km20,0004,350–5,300

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2023gepd from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.

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